The Ungodly (2)

Hello everyone,

How are you doing today? I hope well and bubbling in the Lord.

Primary Text

“So the Lord knows how to save those who serve Him when troubles come. He will hold evil people and punish them, while waiting for the Judgment Day. That punishment is especially for those who live by doing the evil things their sinful selves want and who hate authority. These false teachers are bold and do anything they want. They are not afraid to speak against the angels.” 2 Peter 2v9-10 (NCV)

The beginning of 2 Peter 2 had spoken of false teachers who would rise, and “who will subtly and stealthily introduce heretical (destructive heresies), even denying and disowning the Master, Who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. And many will follow their immoral ways and lascivious doings; because of them the true Way will be maligned and defamed. And in their covetousness (lust, greed) they will exploit you with false (cunning) arguments. From of old the sentence [of condemnation] for them has not been idle; their destruction (eternal misery) has not been asleep.” 2 Peter 2v1-3 (AMP). The chapter goes on to tell us about how God has rescued godly people like Lot and Noah over time, while condemning the ungodly like Sodom and Gomorrah and reserving for judgment the angels that sinned. Verses 9 then tell us that God knows how to deliver the godly from trials and troubles, and to reserve the ungodly for judgment. Verse 10 speaks particularly again to these false teachers, describing them as following their own twisted sexual desires, and despisers of authority. Saddening as it is that these people are within the church, we know that God sees them. These are not people who are humble and contrite and trying to change their ways. No, not at all, they are “… insolent egoists, they don’t hesitate to speak evil against the most splendid of creatures.” (2 Peter 2v10, MSG). And we know that God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble (1 Peter 5v5).

Supplementary Text

“Dear friends, I had been eagerly planning to write to you about the salvation we all share. But now I find that I must write about something else, urging you to defend the faith that God has entrusted once for all time to His holy people. I say this because some ungodly people have wormed their way into your churches, saying that God’s marvelous grace allows us to live immoral lives. The condemnation of such people was recorded long ago, for they have denied our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. So I want to remind you, though you already know these things, that Jesus first rescued the nation of Israel from Egypt, but later He destroyed those who did not remain faithful.” Jude 1v3-5 (NLT)

Prayer

Father, I thank You so much for Your Word. Father, in these days, keep me from being deceived and straying from the faith and the Truth, in Jesus name, amen.